Dear EPDP Team, As agreed during our call on Thursday, I've consulted with our Staff colleagues on how to best address the concerns expressed around how the text of preliminary recommendation #1, in isolation, might be interpreted by the community. As indicated during the call, I am hesitant to make changes to the Initial Report as this may set an unhelpful precedent. It could also lead to confusion as there would be different versions of the Initial Report circulating. As some of you noted, those interested in commenting on the Initial Report will be focusing on the public comment announcement as well as the public comment input form. As a result, the leadership team and Staff have decided to proceed as follows. * The following sentence will be added to 1) the public comment forum, 2) the public comment input form, and 3) the slides for the EPDP outreach session: "For clarity, preliminary recommendation #1 aims to reflect that there is currently no consensus on whether there should be changes to the phase 1 recommendation. The EPDP Team will consider this question further following the close of the public comment period". I hope this approach achieves the goal that several of you wanted to achieve, namely, a clear communication to the broader community about how preliminary recommendation #1 should be interpreted. Thank you again for all your comments and suggestions. I do hope that we now can start looking forward to the next phase of our work; focusing on how we can bridge the gaps and difference of opinion that still exist. On a separate note, as we did not get additional volunteers for the ICANN71 outreach session, our Staff colleagues will start reaching out to a number of you for your support. If anyone would like to volunteer, please advise ASAP as the session is on Wednesday. I hope you are able to make the time to assist with this session. Best regards, Keith